A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
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Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
#2The title should start with "Show HN:", followed by something more readable than the repo path.
E.g. "Show HN: Test your sysadmin skills"
Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
#3I haven't seen mention of the fork bomb in a long time. I'm impressed that it was included here; gives me hope for the next batch of sysadmins.
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#4I haven't seen mention of the fork bomb in a long time. I'm impressed that it was included here; gives me hope for the next batch of sysadmins.
why would this "give you hope for the next batch of sysadmins"?
Most sysadmins/SRE's i have met (especially on *nix), are very capable in their craft.
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#5I was hoping to get a printable version using gitprint, but it seems to create a corrupt PDF :-(
https://gitprint.com/trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills/blo...
Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
#6There are apparently only seven Linux distributions.
Sorry ARCH people, you're not one of them.
(I'd think twice about admitting to knowing of Kali at most interviews too, I guess...)
(Note, they do admit: "The answers are only examples and do not exhaust the whole topic.")
Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
#7There are apparently only seven Linux distributions. Sorry ARCH people, you're not one of them. (I'd think twice about admitting to knowing of Kali at most interviews too, I guess...) (Note, they do admit: "The answers are only examples and do not exhaust the whole topic.")
Looks like all the enterprise Linux distros to me? I wouldn't qualify Arch for that purpose.
Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
#8There are apparently only seven Linux distributions. Sorry ARCH people, you're not one of them. (I'd think twice about admitting to knowing of Kali at most interviews too, I guess...) (Note, they do admit: "The answers are only examples and do not exhaust the whole topic.")
Looks like all the enterprise Linux distros to me? I wouldn't qualify Arch for that purpose.
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Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
#9this is some of the most poorly written english i've seen.. and, more importantly, the questions are not 100%
Seems like a 3rd world sysadmin created this.
Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams
#10"what happens when you type api.example.com and press enter?"
This has been one of my interview questions for years. Take a minute to speak your answer aloud. Do it now, I'll wait.
It requires walking through several layers and subsystems. Really a great question for exposing how the candidate models a complex system. The best part, as an interviewer, is seeing how deep the candidate goes down the potentially infinite rabbit hole.
The most entertaining answer I've received started with the electrical contact in your ENTER key sending the key code through USB. He briefly digressed into the pinout of PS/2 vs USB, and continued in that fashion.